Tiger spikers fall to Knights

Posted: September 16, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers are in the midst of a major youth movement with only one senior on their roster for 2009, and with a youthful squad growing pains are sure to be plentiful. [Full story]

Tigers’ streak is over

Posted: September 16, 2009

The streak is over. The Edwardsville High boys’ golf team saw its string of 75 consecutive dual match victories come to an end Monday night as the Collinsville Kahoks outdueled the Tigers at Arlington Greens in Granite City. [Full story]

Marshall, Lauchner lift soccer Tigers to win

Posted: September 10, 2009

WATERLOO — Nick Marshall scored his second straight game-winning goal, and once again it came off a feed from Cam Lauchner, as the Tigers edged past Waterloo Gibault 1-0 Wednesday night at Oerter Park in Waterloo. [Full story]

Edwardsville captures Tiger Classic

Posted: September 10, 2009

The 22nd edition of the Tiger Fall Classic cross country meet at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was nothing short of dramatic. [Full story]

Hockey Tigers roll to win

Posted: September 10, 2009

Edwardsville High field hockey coach Katie Horvath knew coming into the season that her 2009 squad had the ability to put up big scoring numbers. [Full story]

Depth carries tennis Tigers

Posted: September 10, 2009

ALTON — The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ tennis program is in the midst of a season presenting and welcoming more parity in the Southwestern Conference and the Alton Redbirds proved that Tuesday afternoon at Alton High School. [Full story]

O’Fallon blanks Tigers

Posted: September 8, 2009

If the Edwardsville High soccer team has another gear, it’s time to shift.  The Tigers lost their second straight Southwestern Conference matchup Thursday, falling 3-0 to the O’Fallon Panthers at the District 7 Sports Complex to drop to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in the league. [Full story]

EHS ready for final tuneup

Posted: September 8, 2009

The fact that Saturday’s game in Chicago is the final tuneup before Southwestern Conference play begins isn’t lost on the Edwardsville Tiger football team.
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Edwardsville girls show well on the links

Posted: September 8, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf team had a busy week on the links. On Saturday, the Tigers took sixth in the 18-team Normal U. High Invitational at Illinois State University. [Full story]

‘The Streak’ reaches 70

Posted: September 4, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ linksters kicked off the 2009 dual match season in style Wednesday at Oak Brook Golf Course, extending their dual match winning streak to 70.
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Tiger booters drop conference opener

Posted: September 3, 2009

BELLEVILLE — Edwardsville Tiger coach Mark Heiderscheid said soccer is a game of “moments.” On Tuesday, the Belleville East Lancers made the most of their moments, knocking off the Tigers 2-0 in the 2009 Southwestern Conference opener in Belleville. [Full story]

EHS pulls out win over East

Posted: September 3, 2009

It can’t get much closer than Tuesday’s Southwestern Conference showdown between the Edwardsville Tigers and Belleville East Lancers. [Full story]

EHS soccer scorches Centennial

Posted: September 1, 2009

CHAMPAIGN — Cam Lauchner notched a hat-trick and Chris Pearson added a pair of goals as the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team opened the 2009 season with a 7-2 shellacking of Champaign Centennial Saturday in Champaign. [Full story]

EHS golfers go low — real low

Posted: September 1, 2009

Prep golfers get better and better each year. There is no better evidence of that than the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ golf teams’ second-place finish at the Champaign Invitational Friday at the University of Illinois Blue Course.  [Full story]

E’ville aggressive in season-opener

Posted: September 1, 2009

After three weeks of battering each other, fighting tooth-and-nail for the eye of the coaching staff, the Edwardsville Tiger gridders were more than ready to take out their aggression on somebody else.  [Full story]

E’ville edges ‘Dogs, Knights

Posted: August 28, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger Caitlin Osborn would be the first to admit that her first few rounds of the 2009 season were not up to her standards.  [Full story]

EHS girls split matches on the links

Posted: August 26, 2009

Sydney Slaby and Marissa Schiber each carded 42s to help lead the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf team to a split with Collinsville and Belleville Althoff in a triangular match at Oak Brook Golf Club Monday. [Full story]

Tigers fourth at Blast-Off

Posted: August 25, 2009

GODFREY — By shear placement, it may look like the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf team had a substandard performance Saturday in the 10th annual Marquette Catholic Blast-Off Girls Golf Tournament at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Godfrey. [Full story]

Triggs signs at Austin Peay

Posted: August 24, 2009

There’s no easing into the season for the Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls golf teams this fall. [Full story]

Tigers win county title

Posted: August 24, 2009

There’s no easing into the season for the Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls golf teams this fall. [Full story]

Into the fire right away

Posted: August 21, 2009

There’s no easing into the season for the Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls golf teams this fall. [Full story]

Tigers capture county title

Posted: August 21, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf team tightened its stranglehold on the county title Tuesday, cruising to its second straight title in the second year of the Madison County Tournament at Fox Creek Golf Course. [Full story]

Shhh! Tigers on a streak

Posted: August 21, 2009

A wry smile appeared on the face of Edwardsville High boys’ golf coach Dene Schickedanz when asked about his varsity program’s 67 straight dual-match victories. [Full story]

Panthers end Tigers’ season

Posted: June 8, 2009

GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tigers and O’Fallon Panthers climbed in the ring for round three Thursday night at Nelson Hagnauer Sports Complex in Granite City — and they didn’t disappoint. [Full Story]

Long ball lifts E’ville

Posted: June 8, 2009

BELLEVILLE — Edwardsville Tiger softball coach Lori Blade is usually by-the-book when it comes to sacrificing baserunners, moving them into better scoring positions. [Full Story]

Season ends for track Tigers

Posted: June 1, 2009

As a coach, Edwardsville Tiger first-year track skipper Chad Lakatos was hoping for more from his team at the Class 3A Boys’ State Track Meet Friday. [Full Story]

Run comes to an end for EHS

Posted: June 3, 2009

CHICAGO — The two doubles teams were carrying the torch for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team at the IHSA State Boys’ Tennis Tournament. [Full Story]

EHS escapes with title

Posted: June 3, 2009

Michael Failoni hesitated briefly before burrowing into the left handed batter’s box, waiting to see if Granite City coach Darren DePew was going to pitch to him. [Full Story]

Tigers cruise to regional crown

Posted: June 3, 2009

Alton coach Dan Carter didn’t want to let Edwardsville Tiger junior Rachel Coonrod beat his Redbirds. But he didn’t have a choice.[Full Story]

First season comes to a close for EHS

Posted: June 1, 2009

EHS fought valiantly, but fell to the Panthers, the No. 1 seed in the O’Fallon Regional, 2-0 (25-12, 25-14). The Tigers completed their rookie campaign with a record of 1-13. O’Fallon, in its second year of existence, improved to 21-5 and will face Granite City at 7 p.m. today at the Panther Dome. [Full Story]

Softball Tigers finish off win

Posted: June 1, 2009

It took a little longer than expected, but the end result was exactly what the Edwardsville High softball team was looking for. The Tigers finished off the Granite City Warriors in the semifinals of the Class 4A Edwardsville Regional Wednesday, 7-0, a day after the game originally started but was suspended due to rain. [Full Story]

Doubles teams lead tennis Tigers at state

Posted: June 1, 2009

CHICAGO — The four entries for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team at the IHSA State Tournament was cut in half after Thursday’s opening day. Now it’s the two Tiger doubles teams carrying the torch. [Full Story]

E’ville holds off Kahoks

Posted: June 1, 2009

The opening round of the Class 4A Edwardsville Regional definitely wasn’t a walk in the park for the Edwardsville Tigers Wednesday at Tom Pile Field. The No. 4 seeded Collinsville Kahoks (10-20) came to town to face the No. 1 seeded Tigers (32-4) and brought their ace in the hole, Arkansas bound hurler Erik Shannahan. [Full Story]

Tigers drop second straight

Posted: May 26, 2009

TROY — The Edwardsville Tigers were looking to bounce back from a 10-8 loss at the hands of Belleville West Tuesday when they traveled to Triad High School on Friday. That didn’t happen. [full story]

Tennis Tigers shine in Alton

Posted: May 26, 2009

ALTON — The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team had one major goal Friday — get everybody through to the state tournament. Mission accomplished. Edwardsville qualified all four entries at the Alton Sectional Friday at Gordon Moore Park in Alton and Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey. [full story]

E’ville baseball, softball sweep to victories

Posted: May 26, 2009

The hits just keep on coming for Edwardsville Tiger senior Dane Opel. On Saturday, Opel tied the EHS baseball program record for home runs and RBIs in a season with a home run in the fourth inning against Bethalto-Civic Memorial to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 victory. [full story]

EHS nets ninth straight sectional

Posted: May 26, 2009

ALTON — Winning never gets old. Just ask the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team. EHS secured its ninth straight sectional title Saturday at the Alton Sectional, finishing first and second in singles and doubles for a perfect score of 36 points for the fourth straight year. [full story]

Busy day for track Tigers

Posted: May 26, 2009

CHARLESTON — The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track team finished off the 2009 season in style Saturday, earning 11 medals at the Class 3A Girls’ State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. [full story]

Maroons top EHS in league finale

Posted: May 22, 2009

Perhaps it was post-celebration syndrome. One day after clinching the Southwestern Conference outright, the Edwardsville Tiger baseball team lost its final league game of the season, falling 10-8 to the Belleville West Maroons in Belleville. The Maroons, 21-6 overall and 10-3 in the SWC, roughed up EHS starting lefthander Chase Carroll in a nine-run second inning to jump out to a big lead. [full story]

Tigers wrap up conference title

Posted: May 22, 2009

One day after the Edwardsville baseball team got one and three days after the EHS tennis team achieved the feat, the Tiger softball team did it — won a Southwestern Conference crown. [full story]

EHS softball takes bark out of 'Dogs

Posted: May 22, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger softball team pounded out 13 hits in a 9-3 victory over the Highland Bulldogs Wednesday.
[full story]

Comeback falls short for soccer Tigers

Posted: May 22, 2009

LEBANON — The battered and bruised Edwardsville High girls’ soccer team was outmanned Tuesday in the semifinals of the Class 3A Quincy Regional.
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E’ville softball blanks Belleville East

Posted: May 21, 2009

A seven-run third inning helped propel the Edwardsville Tiger softball team past Southwestern Conference rival Belleville East 10-0 Monday in Belleville. For the Tigers (26-4 overall and 12-1 in the SWC) it was their 14th straight win and 20th in their last 21 games. [full story]

Baseball Tigers clinch SWC title

Posted: May 21, 2009

BELLEVILLE — The Edwardsville Tigers accomplished something Monday at Lancer Field in Belleville that had eluded them since 2004 — winning the Southwestern Conference outright. The Tigers (29-2, 12-1) achieved the feat with an 8-1 triumph over the Belleville East Lancers (12-12, 4-7). They shared the SWC title in 2006 with Belleville West and O’Fallon, but it was definitely rewarding for them to finally stand atop the heap alone again after doing so from ‘01 through ‘04. [full story]

EHS leading after day one

Posted: May 19, 2009

Winning the Southwestern Conference tennis tournament is no easy task for any team. So it’s no surprise Edwardsville Tigers coach Dave Lipe is happy yet hesitant about taking a two point lead from Friday’s doubles action at the EHS Tennis Complex and Liberty Middle School into today’s singles action. [full story]

E’ville third at sectional

Posted: May 19, 2009

O’FALLON — Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track coach Steve Chapman had to make a tough decision last week, holding out Madi Pranger, one of his top athletes, from the Southwestern Conference Meet because of a hamstring injury. The move, however, paid off in the long run as Pranger joined teammates Shanice Rice and Laila Jason, each qualifying for next weekend’s state tournament in three events at the Class 3A O’Fallon Sectional Friday night. [full story]

EHS softball, baseball clobber East St. Louis

Posted: May 19, 2009

EAST ST. LOUIS — The Edwardsville Tiger softball team won its 12th and 13th games in a row Thursday, blasting the East St. Louis Flyerettes 22-0 and 20-0 — both in five innings — to improve to 25-4 overall and 11-1 in the Southwestern Conference. [full story]

Baseball Tigers sweep two games at Pile Field

Posted: May 19, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team improved its record to 28-2 with a pair of victories Saturday at Tom Pile Field. The Tigers breezed past East Peoria 11-1 in five innings and followed it up with a six inning, 11-1 win over Harrisburg. Tim Messer blasted his fifth home run of the season and added a double in the win over East Peoria. [full story]

Tennis Tigers claim SWC title

Posted: May 19, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers secured their ninth consecutive Southwestern Conference tennis tournament Saturday in Edwardsville, but it wasn’t easy. The Tigers squeaked past the Belleville West Maroons by two points to finish atop the eight-team SWC heap. EHS had 66 points while the Maroons totaled 64. The rest of the field was Belleville East third (53), Alton fourth (48), O’Fallon fifth (38), Collinsville sixth (26), Granite City seventh (18) and East St. Louis eighth (14). [full story]

E'ville track seventh at Arnold Invitational

Posted: May 19, 2009

Glen Ellyn — The Edwardsville Tiger boys' track team battled some of the best from Chicago Saturday and showed well, finishing seventh in the 14-team Arnold Invitational at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn. [full story]

Warriors edge EHS in playoff preview

This time it didn’t matter. But next time it will. The Granite City Warriors scored a goal 15 minutes into the second half to knock off the Edwardsville Tigers 1-0 in a regular season tilt at Granite City High School Wednesday. The same two teams will meet again early next week in the semifinals of the Class 3A Quincy Regional. . [full story]

Tigers: A job half done

BELLEVILLE — Coming into the 2009 spring season, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team had a string of eight consecutive years of winning or sharing the Southwestern Conference title. [full story]

EHS softball pounds Alton

The Edwardsville Tigers just keep rolling. EHS took just five innings to unleash its dominance on Southwestern Conference rival Alton Tuesday at Alton High School, thrashing the Birds 13-0. The win was Edwardsville’s 11th in a row and 18th out of the last 19 games. The Tigers improved to 23-4 overall and 9-1 in the SWC while Alton plummeted to 13-16 and 3-9 in the conference. [full story]

Titans capture Tiger Classic

Nine out of 10 times when the Highland Bulldogs (18-5) and Edwardsville Tigers (23-2) square off on a baseball diamond, it’s going to be an exciting, fundamentally-sound ball game. Saturday’s finale of the third annual Tigers Baseball Classic at Tom Pile Field was the off day. [full story]

E’ville baseball knocks off Redbirds

The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team muscled up Tuesday, hammering four home runs to cruise to an 8-3 victory over the Alton Redbirds at Tom Pile Field.The Tigers got it going with the big sticks early as Chase Carroll, Dane Opel and Ian Sikes hit solo shots in the first inning to stake EHS to a 3-0 lead. [full story]

Francis tosses no-hitter against Eagles

The Edwardsville Tiger softball teams’ winning streak reached double digits Monday as senior Lauren Francis tossed a no-hitter against Bethalto-Civic Memorial in a 4-0 Tiger victory. [full story]

E'ville track third at Collinsville Invite

COLLINSVILLE — The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team got a trio of first-place finishes to place third in the annual Collinsville Invitational on Saturday. [full story]

Tigers defend tourney crown

 TROY — After rain washed out Friday’s opening rounds of the Scott Credit Union/Triad Softball Tournament, the teams had to wait until Saturday to get going as the two-day tournament was shoehorned into just one day. [full story]

EHS baseball naps SWC win

Posted: May 11, 2009

GRANITE CITY — It took the Edwardsville Tigers just one hour and 25 minutes to dismiss the Granite City Warriors from Tom Pile Field 14-0 on April 7.

On Thursday, the Warriors were out to prove that outing was not a reflection of their talented squad. And they did. [full story]

EHS tennis team wins Gerber Cup

Posted: May 11, 2009

The Gerber Cup was once again up for grabs as the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team squared off against John Burroughs at the EHS Tennis Center Thursday.

And once again, the cup will stay in Edwardsville as the Tigers blanked Burroughs 12-0.[full story]

Track Tigers fourth in the conference

Posted: May 11, 2009

EAST ST. LOUIS — It was a four-horse race coming into Thursday’s Southwestern Conference Girls’ Track Meet in East St. Louis.

Unfortunately for one of the favorties — the Edwardsville Tigers — injuries hampered their chances of claiming the program’s second league crown. [full story]

Big Ten announces awards

Posted: May 8, 2009

On Tuesday, the Big Ten named its award winners for the 2008-09 men’s golf season.

Freshman Chris Brant was the only honoree from Iowa despite the team’s first NCAA regional berth since 1995. The Edwardsville, Ill., native, carded a 72-hole score of 294 (10 over) at the 2009 Big Ten championships on May, leading the Hawkeyes to a sixth-place finish — their best in eight years. [full story]

EHS overcomes slow start

Posted: May 8, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger senior Tito Rivera took advantage of his opportunity in the lineup Tuesday at Arthur Fletcher Field in Collinsville to help lead EHS past the Collinsville Kahoks 11-6. [full story]

Softball Tigers blank Kahoks

Posted: May 8, 2009

Pitching has been the bread and butter of the Edwardsville Tiger softball team. Now the offense is starting to find its niche, and that spells trouble for opposing teams. On Tuesday, the Tigers hammered out 13 hits in a 7-0 romp of the Collinsville Kahoks in Collinsville. “We put the ball in play,” said EHS coach Lori Blade, whose team improved to 17-4 overall and 7-1 in the Southwestern Conference with its fifth win in a row. “We didn’t get bunts down as well as I would have liked to see, especially in the early innings. But we put the ball in play.” [full story]

Collinsville hands EHS booters loss

Posted: May 8, 2009

Collinsville’s Jordan Fosburgh scored a first half goal and it stood up as the Kahoks knocked off the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ soccer team, 1-0 Tuesday at the District 7 Sports Complex. Edwardsville, now 5-7-2 overall and 2-1 in the Southwestern Conference, will get back into action Thursday when they travel to Belleville to face the West Maroons at 6:30 p.m. [full story]

Softball Tigers stifle Knights

Posted: May 6, 2009

Rachel Coonrod’s hot bat and Erin Greenwalt’s right arm led the Edwardsville Tiger softball team to a 5-0 victory over Triad Monday. Coonrod, the EHS/Zimmerman Insurance Player of the Week last week after hitting .625 with three home runs the week before, went 3 for 3 with a double and a home run against the Knights, raising her team-leading average to .533. The home run was Coorod’s fourth on the season. [full story]

Tennis Tigers finish strong

Posted: May 4, 2009

It's not how you start, but how you finish. For the Edwardsville Tiger boys' tennis team, the finish couldn't have been better. [full story]

E'ville track seventh at Arnold Invitational

Posted: May 4, 2009

Glen Ellyn — The Edwardsville Tiger boys' track team battled some of the best from Chicago Saturday and showed well, finishing seventh in the 14-team Arnold Invitational at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn. [full story]

Baseball, softball Tigers pick up victories

Posted: May 1, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team bounced back from its first loss of the season wiith a 12-2, five-inning shellacking of Wesclin Wednesday in Trenton. [full story]

E’ville lines up SWC showdown

Posted: May 1, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger tennis team remained unbeaten in the Southwestern Conference with a 7-2 victory over Belleville East at the EHS Tennis Center Wednesday, and in the process set up a showdown with the Belleville West Maroons for the regular season league title. [full story]

Tiger girls capture county crown

Posted: May 1, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers ran away with another Madison County Meet on Wednesday in Granite City, an event the Tigers have dominated in recent history. [full story]

Tigers shut down Alton

Posted: May 1, 2009

Few Southwestern Conference girls’ soccer seasons have shown the parity as this season. Thursday night’s showdown between the Edwardsville Tigers and Alton Redbirds was just more proof. [full story]

Panthers hand EHS first loss

Posted: April 29, 2009

And Tuesday at Blazier Field in O’Fallon the O’Fallon Panthers (14-7, 5-2) snapped the Edwardsville Tigers (18-1, 7-1) 18-game win streak with a 9-6 victory. [full story]

Tiger boys capture county crown

Posted: April 29, 2009

WOOD RIVER — After having entered most big meets this season as an underdog, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team came into Tuesday night’s Madison County Meet with an unfamiliar feeling — that of favorites. [full story]

Softball Tigers win thriller over O’Fallon

Posted: April 30, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger softball team avenged a loss earlier in the season Tuesday, and in the process took control of the Southwestern Conference with a 4-3 nine-inning victory over O’Fallon. [full story]

EHS softball sweeps a pair of games

Posted: April 27, 2009

Two of the top prep softball teams in the area squared off Thursday at the EHS Sports Complex as Edwardsville welcomed in Southwestern for a doubleheader. [full story]

Tigers remain perfect

Posted: April 27, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger designated hitter Ian Sikes had been battling through rough trips to the plate the past few weeks. [full story]

Softball Tigers win pair, drop one

Posted: April 27 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger softball team went 2-1 in a tripleheader Saturday at the EHS Sports Complex. In the opener, the Tigers cruised past Breese Mater Dei 12-0 in five innings as Becca Strope picked up the win in the circle, striking out 11. [full story]

Waldo inducted into Hall of Fame

Posted: April 27, 2009

Saturday night marked a prestigious moment for Edwardsville Tiger head basketball coach Mike Waldo — he became a Hall of Famer. Waldo, who has compiled a coaching record of 518-203 over his 26-year career on the hard court, was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. It includes a 437-152 record at EHS over the last 21 seasons and an 81-51 mark over five years at Alton Marquette.
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Orange and black is thinking pink

Posted: April 27, 2009

While the EHS Softball Tigers will be fighting to maintain the conference lead Tuesday during the EHS vs. O’Fallon home game, they will simultaneously be fighting breast cancer and bringing awareness to this deadly disease by hosting a “Pink Out” game fundraising effort. [full story]

Panthers edge out track Tigers

Posted: April 27, 2009

ALTON — With three events remaining, the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ track team was clinging to a seven-point lead over the O’Fallon Panthers on Thursday at the 12th Annual Alton Girls’ Invitational at Public School Stadium in Alton. [full story]

EHS blasts past Lincoln

Posted: April 27, 2009

LINCOLN — The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team had little trouble with the host team Lincoln in the opener of the Lincoln Tournament, beating Lincoln 26-5 in five innings Friday night. [full story]

Tigers sweep in Lincoln

Posted: April 27, 2009

LINCOLN — Saturday’s 15-5 victory over Tinley Park-Andrew at Lincoln College may not have produced the same pizzazz for the Edwardsville Tigers as their 1998 state championship win over the Thunderbolts, but it did keep the Tigers undefeated in 2009.
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Sharpe was on target for Tigers

Posted: April 17, 2009

 EDWARDSVILLE -- After spending most of her first three years out of the spotlight for the Edwardsville girls basketball program, Megan Sharpe was thrust into the role of being one of the Tigers' leaders during the 2008-09 season.   [full story]

EHS baseball rolls to win over East St. Louis

Posted: April 16, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team remained unbeaten on the season Tuesday, swarming the East St. Louis Flyers in a 17-1 drubbing at Tom Pile Field. It was the eighth time in nine games this season the Tigers have scored in double digits. [full story]

Tennis Tigers knock off Alton

Posted: April 16, 2009

According to Edwardsville Tiger tennis coach David Lipe, the reason to focus on doubles is simple math. “We want all of our players to be able to play doubles because two-thirds of the points at the sectional come from doubles,” said Lipe. “It is what it is. It’s just math. We know it’s a big part of winning in the postseason. That makes it more important than singles. It just does.” [full story]

EHS baseball rolls to win over East St. Louis

Posted: April 16, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team remained unbeaten on the season Tuesday, swarming the East St. Louis Flyers in a 17-1 drubbing at Tom Pile Field. It was the eighth time in nine games this season the Tigers have scored in double digits. And again it was the hot bats of Michael Failoni and Dane Opel leading the way. [full story]

EHS tracksters get their choice

Posted: April 16, 2009

In keeping with a tradition he started during his tenure at Herrin High School, first-year Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track coach Chad Lakatos gave his athletes an option Tuesday during a dual-meet with Southwestern Conference rival O’Fallon. [full story]

Quick strike for Tigers

Posted: April 15, 2009

It took the Edwardsville Tigers just one hour and 25 minutes to dismiss the Granite City Warriors from Tom Pile Field Tuesday. [full story]

Softball Tigers blast Granite City

Posted: April 15, 2009

GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tiger softball team bounced back from its first loss of the season in style, making short work of the Granite City Warriors in a 15-0, five-inning victory in Granite City Tuesday. [full story]

Tennis Tigers continue torrid start

Posted: April 15, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team continued its torrid start over the weekend, knocking off Champaign Centennial12-0 in a dual match to improve to 11-0 on the season and following up with another tournament title at the Bloomington Invitational on Saturday. [full story]

Track Tigers finish fifth at West

Posted: April 14, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team took fifth at the annual Belleville West Invitational Saturday. Southwestern Conference top guns Belleville East, Belleville West and East St. Louis took the top three spots, with East winning the title with 123.5 points, West second at 86 and the Flyers third at 85.5. [full story]

Long day productive for EHS baseball

Posted: April 14, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger head coach Tim Funkhouser was optimistic for a positive outcome on the baseball diamond Saturday. “Hopefully we’ll get Tiger wins and a Cardinal win and get three wins in a day, I guess, counting the Cardinals win,” he said.  [full story]

Track Tigers win Granite City invite

Posted: April 14, 2009

For the fifth consecutive year the same team prevailed as champions of the Eighth Annual Granite City Girls’ Invitational on Friday in Granite City. [full story]

Late goal lifts EHS on frigid night

Posted: April 6, 2009

Nobody wanted overtime on a frigid night at the EHS Sports Complex Tuesday as the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ soccer team opened Southwestern Conference action against the O’Fallon Panthers, [full story]

EHS baseball blasts Stars

Posted: April 6, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers pounded 10 hits including four doubles and a grand slam in a 15-2 route over McCluer North on Friday at Tom Pile Field. EHS marched nine batters to the plate in the first inning and 13 to the dish in the third, making quick work of the Stars in five innings. With the win the Tigers improved to 4-0 while North dropped to 0-3. [full story]

Tennis Tigers sweep to wins

Posted: April 6, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger tennis coach David Lipe made changes to the annual EHS Spring Invitational, switching it from an individual flighted tournament to a team format. [full story]

Softball Tigers continue hot start

Posted: April 3, 2009

Pitching continues to rule for the Edwardsville Tiger softball team. On Wednesday, Tiger senior Lauren Francis tossed a two-hit shutout, striking out seven in a 5-0 victory over Belleville East in the Southwestern Conference opener. Edwardsville, now 3-0, has yet to allow an earned run this season. [full story]

EHS claims third at SW Illinois Relays

Posted: April 3, 2009

While not shocked, first-year Edwardsville High boys’ track coach Chad Lakatos is pleasantly surprised at how quickly his athletes are responding to the Tiger track make-over. “I think it’s coming along a little bit faster than I expected,” Lakatos said after the host Tigers took third place at the Southwestern Illinois Relays at the Winston Brown Track Complex. [full story]

Track Tigers edge O’Fallon at SW Illinois Relays

Posted: April 2, 2009

The Edwardsville High girls’ track team squeezed out every point it could Tuesday at the Southwestern Illinois Relays at the Winston Brown Track Complex. [full story]

Great Dane lifts Tigers to victory

Posted: April 2, 2009

The top three spots in the Edwardsville Tiger batting order had a pretty good afternoon Tuesday at Tom Pile Field. Zach Maggio, Tim Messer and Dane Opel combined to go 11 for 13, scored nine runs, smoked two doubles, three home runs and added nine RBIs in a 16-7 Southwestern Conference win over the Belleville East Lancers. [full story]

EHS spikers drop opener

Posted: April 2, 2009

It’s a start. Maybe it wasn’t exactly what the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ volleyball team was looking for in its first-ever match. But it’s a start. In their inaugural season opener, the Tigers lost in straight games 25-9 and 25-10 to the Belleville East Lancers at Lucco-Jackson Gym Tuesday. [full story]

Softball Tigers explode past Dupo

Posted: April 1, 2009

With a dominant pitching staff, the Edwardsville Tiger softball team only needs to scratch out a few runs here and there to have a chance to win. [full story]

Howell North tops Tigers in tourney

Posted: March 31, 2009

The Edwardsville High girls’ soccer teams’ scoreless streak in regulation came to an end at the hands of Francis Howell North Friday night as the Knights blanked the Tigers 3-0 in the championship game of the Black Bracket at the Bi-State Shootout at Sportport in Maryland Heights, Mo. [full story]

Soccer Tigers win with PKs

Posted: March 30, 2009

After watching several penalty kicks sail high over the net and a few more clank off goalposts, Edwardsville Tiger Kirstin Kurilla had just one thing on her mind when she stepped up to the ball for her PK. [full story]

E’ville off and running

Posted: March 30, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers and the Greenville Comets had to knock off the rust in a sloppy opener for both squads, but it was entertaining to say the least. [full story]

EHS opens softball season with victory

Posted: March 24, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger softball team opened the season Monday in Gillespie with a 4-0 victory as senior righthander Lauren Francis tossed a no-hitter. [full story]

Tigers claim tennis title

Posted: March 24, 2009

Normally, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ tennis team has a month of practice before opening the season. [full story]

EHS track solid at Eastern Illinois

Posted: March 24, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team took sixth place in the Eastern Illinois University Indoor Invitational on Saturday, finishing with 37 points. Plainfield South won the event with 53 points while Belleville East was second with 48, East St. Louis was third with 47, Cahokia was fourth with 46.5 and Geneva was fifth with 42. [full story]

Edwardsville’s season slips away

Posted: March 12, 2009

When the Edwardsville Tigers took the floor Tuesday in Collinsville for the semifinals of the Pekin Class 4A Sectional to face Southwestern Conference co-champion Belleville East, they knew they had their hands full. [full story]

EHS track off to solid indoor start

Posted: March 9, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ track team turned in its second strong showing of the season on the indoor circuit Saturday at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Indoor Invitational. [full story]

Tigers continue hex on Redbirds

Posted: March 9, 2009

Alton coach Layne Bennett stood in a stairwell at Granite City High’s Memorial Gym and searched for the right words to describe Edwardsville Tiger junior Will Triggs’ performance against his team. [full story]

EHS ousts Warriors in regional tilt

Posted: March 5, 2009

It had been a long time since Edwardsville Tiger head coach Mike Waldo was involved in any capacity at a regional basketball game at Memorial Gym at Granite City High School before Tuesday night. [full story]

Warriors oust hockey Tigers

Posted: March 3, 2009

The drama was set Thursday at East Alton Ice Arena for do or die game three of the North Division series between the Edwardsville Tigers and Granite City Warriors. [full story]

EHS marches past Moline for title

Posted: March 3, 2009

Defense wins championships. It may be a worn out cliche, but it’s proving true for the Edwardsville High girls’ basketball team. [full story]

Tigers earn hardware

Posted: March 3, 2009

Southern Illinois proved its worth in the IHSA wrestling community Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington as both the Class 3A Edwardsville Tigers and Class 2A Triad Knights garnered fourth place hardware at the state tournament. [full story]

EHS ends season at swimming state meet

Posted: March 3, 2009

The high school season came to an end for six Edwardsville Tiger swimmers Friday at the IHSA State Swimming and Diving Meet at Winnetka-New Trier. [full story]

Grapplers state-bound

Posted: February 26, 2009

Quincy Jackstadt’s shoulder may not have been 100 percent, but his guts and heart were working at 110-plus. [full story]

Southwestern Conference title within Tigers’ grasp

Posted: February 26, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger hockey coach Kevin Klette said his team got “caught up in the moment.” Now, the Tigers will be facing elimination for the first time this postseason. [full story]

Warriors turn tables on EHS

Posted: February 25, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger hockey coach Kevin Klette said his team got “caught up in the moment.” Now, the Tigers will be facing elimination for the first time this postseason. [full story]

Tigers Sharpe shoot past Maroons

Posted: February 24, 2009

Megan Sharpe has turned in plenty of big games for the Edwardsville Tigers over the past three seasons. None, however, were better than Tuesday night’s performance against Belleville West in the semfinals of the Class 4A Pekin Sectional at Granite City High School. [full story]

Hockey Tigers make statement

Posted: February 24, 2009

Granite City found out how hard that can be Sunday night as the defending Class 2A Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association champion Edwardsville Tigers put on a series-opening clinic, blasting the Warriors 8-0 to take the first game of the best-of-three North Division Finals at East Alton Ice Arena. [full story]

Jackstadt just misses the medal stand

Posted: February 24, 2009

The four advancing Edwardsville Tiger matmen had their work cut out for them in the Class 4A individual state wrestling tournament at Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign on Friday and Saturday. [full story]

Jackstadt the lone EHS wrestler to make it through first day at state

Posted: February 24, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling foursome’s hopes of individual medals took a big hit on Friday’s opening day of the Class 3A state tournamnet at Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois. The four Edwardsville wrestlers began the day with hardware hopes, but just one is left as senior Quincy Jackstadt was the lone Tiger wrestlers to survive. [full story]

Tigers ground Flyers in SWC battle

Posted: February 24, 2009

Although they didn’t know it until after the game, the Edwardsville Tigers needed a win to keep pace with Belleville East, which squeeked out a road win in Alton Friday night 58-55. With a strong second half, the Tigers did just that. Edwardsville overcame a horrendous second quarter, scoring 49 second half points to hold off a scrappy East St. Louis Flyer team 61-56 in East St. Louis. [full story]

Tigers capture regional title

Posted: February 24, 2009

Caty Ponce lifted her Edwardsville Tiger teammates onto her 5-foot-5 frame Thursday in Alton and shot them to their sixth consecutive regional title in the Class 4A Alton Regional finals. The sophomore guard buried 5 of 6 from 3-point land and 9 of 13 from the stripe for a career-high 24 points to spark the Tigers’ (29-2) 59-40 victory over the East St. Louis Flyerettes (16-11). [full story]

EHS ousts Warriors in regional tilt

Posted: February 19, 2009

The Granite City Warriors were like an annoying gnat buzzing around the Edwardsville Tigers’ noggins in Tuesday’s opening round Class 4A Alton Regional matchup at Alton High School. [full story]

E’ville fires past rival Kahoks

Posted: February 19, 2009

You can’t coach height. That was the problem for Collinsville headman Chris Kusnerick Tuesday night as the Edwardsville High duo of Will Triggs and James Edmond torched the Kahoks for a combined 32 points in a 63-43 Tiger victory at Lucco-Jackson Gym. [full story]

Tigers wrap up regular season

Posted: February 17, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team can attest to that. The Tigers were in a fight for three quarters with the Alton Redbirds Thursday night before pulling away with a 54-36 victory at Alton High School to close out the regular season at 27-2 overall and 12-2 in the Southwestern Conference. [full story]

E’ville advances foursome to state

Posted: February 17, 2009

Nine Edwardsville Tiger wrestlers made the trip to the Lincoln-Way Central Sectional in New Lenox on Friday and Saturday. When the smoke cleared on the star-studded war on the mat, Greg Jackson (130 pounds), Ethan Knoebel (135), Quincy Jackstadt (145) and Andrew Ellington (285) had all earned their tickets to state. [full story]

Tigers close out CBC in two

Posted: February 17, 2009

Aaron Braundmeier has been solid and steady between the pipes for the Edwardsville Tiger hockey team all season long. On Sunday, Braundmeier took it up a level to the spectacular, turning away 18 of 19 Christian Brothers College High School shots as Edwardsville closed out the Cadets in two straight games with a 2-1 victory at East Alton Ice Arena.  [full story]

Tigers blast past CBC

Posted: February 13, 2009

A quirky regular season schedule left the Edwardsville Tigers with a month off before opening the semifinals of the Class 2A North Division Playoffs. The long layoff didn’t seem to affect the defending Class 2A champion Tigers as they cruised to a 7-3 victory over Christian Brothers College High School Tuesday night in the opener of the best-of-three playoff series at Granite City Ice Rink. [full story]

No bark for ‘Dogs at EHS

Posted: February 13, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers set the tone early and took the Highland Bulldogs out of their comfort zone Tuesday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium. Edwardsville pressed early and often against the Bulldogs, taking their guards away and stuffing the lanes on the way to a 62-33 flogging. That was the key against a team that is capable of scoring in bunches, according to Tigers’ head coach Mike Waldo. [full story]

EHS girls hoops pulls away from Panthers

Posted: February 13, 2009

The O’Fallon Panthers had visions of an upset Tuesday night. The Edwardsville Tigers, however, had different plans, pulling away from the Panthers late to score a 58-47 victory and improve to 26-2 overall and 11-2 in the Southwestern Conference. [full story]

Gaines guides Tigers to victory

Posted: February 10, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger sophomore Cierra Gaines torched the Belleville Althoff Crusaders for a career-high 17 points to lead EHS to a 54-43 victory in Belleville on Saturday. Gaines, a 5-foot-7 forward who came into Saturday night’s game averaging 4.0 points per game, got help from fellow sophomore Mary O’Keefe with 15 points and senior Megan Sharpe with 11. [full story]

Tiger girls roll past East St. Louis

Posted: February 9, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers celebrated Senior Night in grand fashion Thursday night at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium. The Tigers skunked the East St. Louis Flyerettes 18-0 in the first quarter and never looked back on the road to a 57-28 victory. EHS has now swept the Flyerettes this season, a season after East Side bested the Tigers in both of their meetings. The win also comes after East St. Louis took the Southwestern Conference-leading Belleville West Maroons to the wire on Tuesday in a 44-42 loss. [full story]

EHS tops Cahokia in OT

Posted: February 9, 2009

A last minute change of venue offered a dramatic display of basketball for the crowd at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium Tuesday as it took overtime to decide the outcome between the Edwardsville Tigers and Cahokia Comanches. The Tigers (13-5) battled back from a deficit once reaching 18 points to prevail 60-53 over the Comanches (6-9) in a showdown originally slated for Cahokia High School. [full story]

Tigers repay rival Maroons

Posted: February 9, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers squandered an early lead against Belleville West back on Dec. 12, watching a 17-4 first quarter run erased in a 58-55 loss to the Maroons. But the Tigers weren’t about to let it happen again.  [full story]

EHS girls rally to top Granite City

Posted: February 5, 2009

GRANITE CITY — The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team had to overcome a halftime deficit to defeat the Granite City Warriors 51-40 in Southwestern Conference action in Granite City Tuesday night. The Tigers, ranked No. 6 in the Class 4A poll, trailed 24-22 at the break, but exploded to outscore the Warriors 27-18 in the second half to improve to 23-2 overall and 9-2 in the SWC. [full story]

East’s offense too strong for E’ville

Posted: February 3, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers had cracked the top ten in the latest Associated Press state poll at No. 10 and were starting to get some recognition, but so were the Belleville East Lancers, who haven’t lost since Dec. 27. [full story]

Maroons topple Tigers

Posted: February 3, 2009

Just five days after losing to them in the finals of the Highland Girls Tournament, the Belleville West Maroons were able to exact revenge on their Southwestern Conference foe Edwardsville Tigers in the comfort of their own home.  With the 50-37 victory, West placed a two game cushion between itself and the Tigers in the SWC title race and has now won two out of three matchups between the two rivals this season. [full story]

Clayton wins state title

Posted: February 3, 2009

Edwardsville Tiger senior Cody Clayton knew the task at hand. Clayton needed at least a double to start the 10th frame of the fifth and final round to keep his chances of an individual state title alive. [more]

Maroons topple Tigers

Posted: February 2, 2009

Just five days after losing to them in the finals of the Highland Girls Tournament, the Belleville West Maroons were able to exact revenge on their Southwestern Conference foe Edwardsville Tigers in the comfort of their own home. With the 50-37 victory, West placed a two game cushion between itself and the Tigers in the SWC title race and has now won two out of three match-ups between the two rivals this season. [full story]

Tigers' Clayton claims state bowling title, clinches crown with 3 straight strikes

Posted: February 2, 2009

With the pressure of a potential state title on the line, Edwardsville senior Cody Clayton responded like a champion Saturday.  [full story]

Clayton rolls to 1st for EHS

Posted: February 2, 2009

O’FALLON ­— After day one of the IHSA State bowling finals at the St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon on Friday, Edwardsville’s Cody Clayton was perched atop the heap of prep bowlers in Illinois. [full story]

East’s offense too strong for E’ville

Posted: February 2, 2009

BELLEVILLE ­— The Edwardsville Tigers had cracked the top ten in the latest Associated Press state poll at No. 10 and were starting to get some recognition, but so were the Belleville East Lancers, who haven’t lost since Dec. 27. [full story]

Girls Basketball: Blade takes fast track to 400 wins

Posted: January 27, 2009

HIGHLAND - A milestone victory for their coach has never been a topic of conversation in the Edwardsville girls basketball locker room.  [full story]

EHS takes two of three at quad

Posted: January 27, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team welcomed two of the top-ranked teams in the state and a local rival to Lucco-Jackson Gym Saturday for a quadrangular and came away with wins in two of three matches. The Tigers (20-4) knocked off Bethalto-Civic Memorial 52-19 and Canton, a Class 1A powerhouse, 40-18, but fell to Plainfield Central, the fourth-ranked team in Class 3A, 51-16. [full story]

Tigers claim Highland title

Posted: January 27, 2009

It was fitting on Saturday in Highland that the two Edwardsville Tigers who earned spots on the all-tournament team led their squad to a second consecutive tournament title.  [full story]

E’ville bowlers advance to state

Posted: January 27, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ bowling team came up short in a bid for a sectional title Saturday at Riverboat Lanes in Godfrey. But the consolation prize wasn’t so bad for the Tigers. [full story]

Tiger grapplers finally see home mats*

Posted: January 26, 2009

The mighty road warriors made their triumphant return to Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium on Thursday and didn’t disappoint.

After nearly two months of travel the Edwardsville Tiger grapplers took to the mat at the friendly confines of home. It was the Second Annual Beauty and the Beast Lineup, where the wrestlers shared the evening with the EHS varsity dance and cheerleading teams and they were ready. [full story]

EHS holds on in Highland

Posted: January 23, 2009

An explosive third quarter helped the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team turn a close game into a 15-point lead against Breese Mater Dei in the semifinals of the Highland Tournament. The Tigers needed nearly every one of those 15 points as the Knights made a charge in the fourth quarter before Edwardsville was able to seal the deal in a 65-59 victory. [full story]

Tigers win Salem opener

Posted: January 23, 2009

Will Triggs celebrated his 18th birthday in style on Wednesday night in Salem.

The 6-foot-6 monster postman led all scorers with 27 points and his Edwardsville Tigers opened the 58th Annual Salem Invitational with a bang with a 71-36 drubbing of the Charleston Trojans. [full story]

Tigers set for tourney run

Posted: January 22, 2009

With a tournament championship already under its belt, the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ basketball team will try to make it a clean sweep in the regular season when it opens play in the 58th Annual Salem Invitational Tournament tonight.

Edwardsville, which has won the past three Salem Tournament titles and five of the last six, opens against Charleston at 7 p.m. tonight at Salem High School. [Full story]

Tigers swarm Wildcats

Posted: January 21, 2009

HIGHLAND — The Salem Wildcats were looking for a shot at redemption against the Edwardsville Tigers in Highland on Monday after the Tigers had defeated them 59-50 on their home court on Nov. 29 in the championship game of the Salem Tournament. Well, they’ll have to wait because EHS (19-1) mopped the floor with the Wildcats (16-4), 71-47 Monday in second-round action of the 23rd Annual Highland Girls’ Basketball Tournament.  [full story]

Tiger grapplers cruise past Alton

Posted: January 20, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling squad ripped the competition Thursday at a triangular meet in Alton. The Tigers demolished their Southwestern Conference rival Redbirds 59-9 along, with Belleville Althoff 69-9. With the wins, EHS improved its dual meet record to 16-3 this season and its SWC mark to 4-1. The victory over Alton keeps Edwardsville in a lock at the top of the conference with SWC foes Granite City and O’Fallon.  [full story]

EHS buries league rival Redbirds

Posted: January 20, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team wasted little time dispatching the Alton Redbirds Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers hit on 12 of 13 field goals in the first quarter to open a 25-5 lead, taking away all the drama in a matchup of Southwestern Conference rivals in a 61-37 Edwardsville victory. “They came out like a buzzsaw,” said Alton coach William Gordon. “You have to give it to them. They’re the 10th-ranked team in the state and they played like it. I give coach Blade credit, she had her girls ready from the tip and it showed.” [Full Story]

Tigers out fast in Highland

Posted: January 20, 2009

One of the biggest concerns for Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball coach Lori Blade in Saturday’s opener of the Highland Tournament was how her team would respond to a rare morning game. Apparently, this Tiger squad has some early risers. Edwardsville hit on 9 of 12 field goals in the first quarter to open a 21-6 lead over the Carlyle Indians and never looked back, cruising to an 83-41 victory to advance to tonight’s championship quarterfinals.  [full story]

Tigers turn tables on Redbirds

Posted: January 20, 2009

Will Triggs was on the court when Ruben Cotto drained a long 3-pointer to break the Edwardsville Tigers’ hearts last season. On Friday, the Tiger senior returned the favor. [full story]

EHS hoops runs away from ‘Dogs

Posted: January 15, 2009

The Edwardsville Tigers jumped out to a 20-6 first quarter lead against the Waterloo Bulldogs Tuesday night, cruising to a 66-39 victory in Waterloo. Ismiah Roundtree paced the Tigers with 18 points while Will Triggs added 14 and James Edmond finished with 12. Edwardsville increased its lead to 40-17 by halftime and 55-25 heading into the final quarter. [full story]

EHS holds off Kahoks

Posted: January 13, 2009

With the offense sputtering and trailing on the scoreboard against the Collinsville Kahoks Monday night, the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball team turned to the staple of its success to get them back in the game in the second half — defense. [more...]

E’ville blasts Panthers

Posted: January 13, 2009

The O’Fallon Panthers may have had nightmares blanketed with orange and black figures pelting them with pucks after Sunday night’s game at the East Alton Ice Arena.  The 12-2 Edwardsville Tigers pounded the weary Panthers 12-0 in a drubbing that was called with 7:33 remaining in the third quarter after EHS buried its 12th goal. The win ended the regular season for the Tigers and the No. 12 had another special meaning for them on Sunday. [more...]

Last-second shot lifts EHS

Posted: January 13, 2009

Ismiah Roundtree sprinted alone past midcourt with five seconds remaining in the game as an outlet pass from teammate Richard Siebers floated perfectly into his arms. He raced to the basket, the ball rolled off his fingertips, bounced against the glowing red backboard, swished through the net and the Edwardsville Tiger players and fans went nuts. [more...]

Panthers spoil festive night at EHS

Posted: January 12, 2009

It was a night of festivities at Lucco-Jackson Gym as Edwardsville Tiger boys’ basketball coach Mike Waldo was honored before the game for his recent milestone 500th win and upcoming induction into the Illinois Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the 1953-54 EHS state tournament basketball team was recognized at halftime. [more..]

EHS shakes off the rust

Posted: January 9, 2009

When the Edwardsville Tigers uncorked its game on Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gym, there wasn’t any fizz, just flat play. But the persistent Tigers grinded it out and improved to 14-1 overall and 4-1 in the Southwestern Conference with a 56-43 win over the O’Fallon Panthers (6-8, 2-4). It was EHS’s first action of 2009. The Tigers game on Tuesday hosting East St. Louis was canceled due to inclement weather, so they hadn’t played since Dec. 30 when they beat Charleston for the Charleston Holiday Tournament Championship. [more..]

Tigers pull even in conference race

Posted: January 6, 2009

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling teams’ stranglehold on the Southwestern Conference was in jeopardy against the O’Fallon Panthers Wednesday night. The Panthers came into the match unbeaten in the conference after knocking off the Granite City Warriors earlier in the season while the Tigers already had a loss on the league slate at the hands of the Warriors.  [more..]

EHS wrestlers in fifth after first day

Posted: January 6, 2009

It’s a no brainer that the William “Red” Schmitt Holiday Wrestling Tournament in Granite City is going to showcase some top rate talent every year and 2009 is no different.

Eighteen teams hit the mats for the wrestling showdown from across Illinois and Missouri, including four tough Southwestern Conference squads in Granite City, Edwardsville, Belleville East and O’Fallon. [more..]

E’ville sweeps up in Charleston

Posted: January 5, 2009

Both Tiger hoops squads defended their titles in the Charleston Holiday Tournaments on Tuesday, solidifying their spots as the dominate teams in both brackets. [more...]

Tigers' defenseman picked as 3A player of the year

Posted: December 15, 2008

Edwardsville High boys soccer coach Mark Heiderscheid knew he was dabbling in risky business when he shifted the Tigers' best offensive player, senior Kenny Giacobbe, from midfielder to defender late in the season.  [more...]

Tigers win OT thriller in Springfield

Posted: December 15, 2008

It took the Edwardsville Tigers (8-1) an extra four minutes to do it, but they sneeked past the Springfield Southeast Spartans 52-50 in overtime on Saturday at the 2008 Premier Girls Prep Classic at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield.

It was the second annual Premier Girls Prep Classic and the Tigers improved to 2-0 in the showcase. Last season EHS defeated Montini Catholic 51-39. [more...]

EHS grapplers have hiccup in Minooka

Posted: December 15, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers wrestling team suffered its first two losses of the season Saturday in a quadrangular match in Minooka.

EHS head coach Jon Wagner has long lived by the credo that in order to be tough in the postseason, a team has to face tough competition in the regular season. That’s what Saturday was all about. [more...]

Maroons erase deficit to top Tigers

Posted: December 15, 2008

What looked like an early rout took a turn for the worst for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ basketball team Friday night.

The Belleville West Maroons erased a 19-9 first-half deficit before going on to top the Tigers 58-55, handing Edwardsville its first Southwestern Conference loss of the season. [more...]

Tigers pin down West

Posted: December 15, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers wrestling team stuck with it on Thursday at Belleville West and turned an early deficit into a 48-24 victory over the Maroons.

Trailing 15-6 after West’s Dustin Ventimiglia pinned the Tigers’ Mason McBride in the 145-pound weight class, EHS reeled off five straight pins of their own to build a commanding lead which carried them to victory. The win keeps the Tigers undefeated on the season at 12-0 overall and 2-0 in the Southwestern Conference. [more...]

Maroons slip past EHS girls

Posted: December 15, 2008

Before the season began, Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball coach Lori Blade predicted that Belleville West would be the team to beat in the Southwestern Conference.

On Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gym, the Maroons proved Blade right.

Belleville West jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first half and held off a fourth-quarter charge by the Tigers to win 43-32 and remain unbeaten on the season at 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the SWC. [more...]

Hoops hall will honor Edwardsville coach, Okawville champs

Posted: December 12, 2008

Edwardsville coach Mike Waldo, who is just two wins shy of 500 for his career, and the 1994 and 2000 Okawville girls state championship teams are among the metro-east representatives being inducted into the Illinois High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  [more]

East no match for EHS

Posted: December 12, 2008

Another Southwestern Conference matchup — no problem. The Edwardsville Tigers improved to 2-0 in the SWC and 2-1 overall on Tuesday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium when they dismissed the rival Belleville East Lancers 68-53. The Tigers got behind a 19-2 run that spanned the first and second quarters to build what turned out to be an insurmountable 32-20 halftime lead.  [more]

Tigers cruise past Lancers

Posted: December 12, 2008

BELLEVILLE — Edwardsville Tiger girls’ basketball coach Lori Blade knows what she’s going to get from the likes of Megan Sharpe and Kalia Lahai-Pumagoi. She also knows, with the talent in the reserve corps, that she’s likely going to get a quality performance from somebody off the bench. [more]

Tigers capture Fox title

Posted: December 8, 2008

Edwardsville Tiger wrestling coach Jon Wagner has to be pinching himself. After losing several state-caliber wrestlers off last season’s squad to graduation, some growing pains early in the season with a young team would be understandable. But there hasn’t been any growing pains for the Tigers at all. Instead, there’s just been growth. [more]

Tigers hand Kahoks first loss

Posted: December 8, 2008

Facing one of the best post players in the Southwestern Conference without your big presence in the paint is a daunting task. The Edwardsville Tigers, minus forward Mary O’Keefe, faced that challenge head on Thursday night as they did battle with Raven Berry and the Collinsville Kahoks and came away with a 48-42 victory at Lucco-Jackson Gym. [more...]

EHS grapplers pin down Collinsville

Posted: December 8, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team took a big cannonball right into the Southwestern Conference scene Thursday at Collinsville and splashed the Kahoks right out of Vergil Fletcher Gym. EHS won 11 out of 14 weight classes and stuck six pins on Collinsville to ultimately dismantle them 55-12 for a statement making triumph. [more...]

EHS grapplers solid in Kentucky

Posted: December 1, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team kicked off the 2008-09 campaign in unfamiliar surroundings on Saturday, taking part in the Union County (Ky.) Tournament. While the event was an unknown for the Tigers, the results were familiar as Edwardsville swept to three dual-match victories, topping host Union County and two St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) teams.  [more...]

Tigers four-peat in Salem

Posted: December 1, 2008

While some of the faces have changed, the result remained the same for the Edwardsville Tiger girls basketball team at Saturday’s eighth annual Lady Wildcat Thanksgiving Tournament at Salem High School. Edwardsville captured its fourth-straight Salem tournament title, beating the host Salem Wildcats for the third-straight season 59-50 in the championship game.  [more...]

EWC looks to the future — a new facility

Posted: December 1, 2008

The dreams of the Edwardsville Wrestling Club (EWC) finally became a reality on Nov. 7. On that date ground was broken for the new Edwardsville Wrestling Facility. The facility is located on Center Grove Road, at the entrance to the District 7 Sports Complex and is due to be completed in July 2009. It will be the home of the Edwardsville High wrestling team and its feeder program, the EWC.  [more...]

Tiger boys take seventh at state

Posted: November 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ cross country team ran not only with their legs, but with their heart on Saturday afternoon at Detweiller Park in Peoria in the Class 3A state meet. On a day when thousands of eyes from the Illinois cross country world were watching the Tigers run in the sleet and snow and physically demanding conditions, they were able to nab an impressive seventh-place finish with 308 points.  [more...]

Edwardsville takes second at state

Posted: November 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger soccer team had a chance — and that’s all it ever wanted. The New Trier Trevians staved off a frantic late charge by the Tigers in the final three minutes of the Class 3A state championship game at North Central College in Naperville on Saturday, holding on for a 2-1 victory to hand Edwardsville its third second-place state finish in the past 11 years. [more...]

EHS booters state tourney bound

Posted: November 6, 2008

Cameron Lauchner wasn’t quite old enough to cast a ballot on election day. But the Edwardsville High junior punched a ticket all the same — the Tiger soccer team’s ticket to the state tournament. Lauchner scored the golden goal for Edwardsville late Tuesday night at 2:41 of the second overtime of the Class 3A Normal Super-Sectional, lifting the Tigers past Tinley Park-Andrew 2-1 and into the state Final Four in Naperville this weekend.  [more...]

Tigers reach sectional finals

Posted: November 6, 2008

There was no lack of excitement and intensity on the floor between Moline and Edwardsville Tuesday night in Quincy. It took the Tigers three momentum-changing games to dismiss the talented Maroons 2-1 in the semifinals of the Class 4A Quincy Sectional. EHS (31-7) took the first set 25-21 before dropping the second game 19-25 and nabbing a win in game three, 25-16.  [more...]

Edwardsville advances on Lauchner's goal in 2nd OT

Posted: November 3, 2008

For Edwardsville junior Cameron Lauchner, the set-up could not have been any better. "With a pass like that, I owed to my team to put it away,'' Lauchner said after scoring 2 minutes, 41 seconds into the second overtime period and lifting the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over Andrew of Tinley Park in Class 3A supersectional soccer action Tuesday in Normal, Ill.  [more...]

Students rally around election

Posted: November 3, 2008

Although most of us are tired of the election process and ready to vote, we can’t discount the importance of the elections and what a perfect opportunity it is to teach children about the election process. Woodland Elementary students certainly capitalized on that opportunity and have caught “election fever.  [more...]

Tigers defeat Kahoks, advance

Posted: November 3, 2008

COLLINSVILLE - Edwardsville's Tigers got what they wanted - and expected - here Saturday in the championship match of the Collinsville Class 4A Volleyball Regional. The Tigers figured they'd have to extend themselves to defeat the host at Fletcher Gym. And that's what happened. It didn't come easy. [more...]

Hankins leads Edwardsville with 2 goals

Posted: November 3, 2008

Senior Tim Hankins scored twice in the final 12 minutes of Saturday's Class 3A sectional championship match, helping the Edwardsville soccer team knock off host Normal Community 2-0. [more...]

EHS hockey moving on

Posted: November 3, 2008

LADUE, Mo. — An offensive influx during the second half paced the Edwardsville Tigers field hockey squad in Thursday’s first round action in the Midwest Women’s Athletic Association playoffs at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue. EHS, 10-9, tallied one score in the first half and three more in the second to blast past the Oakville Tigers 4-1. The win sets up a rematch with the MICDS Rams at 4 p.m. Saturday at Lafayette High School. The Rams defeated Edwardsville 3-0 last Thursday at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex.  [more...]

EHS spikers win regional

Posted: November 3, 2008

COLLINSVILLE — The Edwardsville Tiger volleyball team didn’t have as easy of a time with the Collinsville Kahoks on Saturday night at Vergil Fletcher Gym in Collinsville as they did the first time they played them. But the good news for the Tigers is they were able to get past the hard-charging Kahoks, 2-0, to advance to the Class 4A Quincy Sectional on Tuesday. EHS (30-7) beat Collinsville (11-23) 25-22 and 25-22 to move on.  [more...]

Edwardsville boys run to sectional title

Posted: November 3, 2008

NORMAL — Sometimes the favorite tag can be a heavy burden to carry. Not so for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ cross country team. Edwardsville was the favorite heading into Saturday’s Class 3A Normal Community West Sectional race and it didn’t disappoint, winning the team title with 62 points, well ahead of second-place Lincoln-Way Central’s 93.  [more...]

One step from state

Posted: November 3, 2008

NORMAL — When Edwardsville senior Tim Hankins finally broke a scoreless tie with less than five minutes to go at Saturday’s Class 3A Normal Sectional title game, he only had one thing on his mind. “I just thought about running back to our bench as fast as I could,” said Hankins, who had plenty of reason to celebrate as he scored twice in the final five minutes to hand the Tigers a 2-0 victory over Normal Community and send them to the Normal Super-Sectional on Tuesday.  [more...]

Relentless Edwardsville zooms past East Moline in soccer semifinal

Posted: October 29, 2008

The offensive pressure was constant and ferocious, allowing the Edwardsville High School soccer team to put itself in a position to dictate the pace of the game Tuesday night. East Moline couldn't match it.  [more...]

E’ville football finishes

Posted: October 28, 2008

GRANITE CITY — If there was ever a time the Edwardsville Tigers needed a big fourth quarter, it was Friday night in Granite City. Tied 14-14 with 10:26 remaining against the Warriors, Edwardsville reeled off four straight touchdowns, running away with a 41-14 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive heading into the final week of the regular season. [more...]

MICDS blanks hockey Tigers

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger field hockey squad hosted Midwest Women’s Athletic Association rival MICDS Thursday at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex and had their hands full. The Rams (16-4, 7-3) outshot the Tigers (8-9, 3-8) 15-4 and earned 18 corners to Edwardsville’s three on their way to a 3-0 shutout win. [more...]

EHS stumbles in home finale

Posted: October 20, 2008

Monday night was Senior Night for the talented Edwardsville Tiger volleyball squad, but the results weren’t quite what they had hoped for. The Class 4A Tigers (22-7) welcomed Class 3A powerhouse Breese Mater Dei (26-4) to Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium and the two teams put on an entertaining display of volleyball with the Knights eventually beating Edwardsville 2-1. [more...]

Tennis Tigers set for state run

Posted: October 20, 2008

With a young and relatively inexperienced team this season, Edwardsville Tiger girls’ tennis coach David Lipe wasn’t sure what to expect. What he got was more of the same — a 12th straight sectional title and all four entries advancing to the state tournament, which begins today in suburban Chicago. “I’ve never been more proud of a team,” said Lipe. “These six girls are the story. They showed just how great they are.” [more...]

Tigers put wraps on SWC title

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville High volleyball team already had a share of the Southwestern Conference title secured. But the Tigers didn’t want to share it with anyone. “Our goal was to lock up the conference outright,” said EHS coach Jami Parker. “We wanted it to ourselves.”  [more...]

A dream season for EHS

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers won’t soon forget the 2008 golf season. Another Southwestern Conference championship, regional and sectional titles and a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 3A state tournament are plenty of reason to remember. [more...]

East St. Louis as good as advertised

Posted: October 20, 2008

win and the Edwardsville High football team was in. A loss and the Tigers had to play the waiting game. Now it’s time to wait. The East St. Louis Flyers had their way with Edwardsville Friday night, cruising to a 51-0 victory to end the Tigers’ regular season at 5-4, eligible for the playoffs but needing enough playoff points to get in. [more...]

Edwardsville’s Osborn has solid state tourney

Posted: October 20, 2008

Edwardsville High junior Caitlin Osborn may have been the lone Tiger representative at the Class AA State Girls’ Golf Tournament this weekend. But she wasn’t alone. “All the other girls on the team called Friday night to give Caitlin support,” said EHS coach Tresa LaBoube. “That was pretty special and I think it really helped Caitlin.” [more...]

Cat fight ends in a SWC split

Posted: October 20, 2008

It was the battle of the big cats Friday in the Southwestern Conference Meet at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. The Edwardsville Tigers squeaked out a first-place finish on the boys’ side, narrowly beating O’Fallon. In the girls’ division, it was the Panthers nabbing the top spot while EHS took second. [more...]

Tigers blank Warriors

Posted: October 20, 2008

There’s been a reoccurring theme for the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team this posteason — Kevin Minor starting plays and Tim Hankins finishing them. The Tiger senior duo hooked up again on Saturday as Minor stole a ball at midfield and fed it up to Hankins, who blasted a shot past Granite City keeper Eric Fowler for the lone goal of the game as Edwardsville advanced past the Warriors at the Class 3A Alton Regional title game, 1-0 at Gordon Moore Park in Alton.  [more...]

Tiger linksters bring home hardware

Posted: October 20, 2008

In the 70-year history of the Illinois High School Association boys’ state golf tournament, only four teams had ever broken 600. This weekend at the Class 3A tournament at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington, there were three teams that eclipsed that magical mark. And one of them was the Edwardsville Tigers.  [more...]

Tiger booters advance

Posted: October 20, 2008

Oftentimes, the first postseason victory is the toughest to secure. That was the case for a half Monday night at the Class 3A Alton Regional. But then the Edwardsville Tigers’ talent took over. Tim Hankins notched a pair of second half goals and Ken Giaccobe added another as the Tigers cruised to a 3-0 victory over the host-school Alton Redbirds at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. [more...]

Tigers pick up 12th straight title

Posted: October 20, 2008

On Friday at the EHS Tennis Complex, the Tigers won their 12th consecutive girls’ tennis sectional and advanced all of their participants to state competition next weekend. [more...]

Boys Golf: Tigers third at state

Posted: October 20, 2008

Edwardsville celebrated a third-place finish -- worth a trophy -- in Saturday's finals of the IHSA Class 3A boys golf tournament at The Den in Bloomington. [more...]

Edwardsville girls win 12th consecutive sectional championship, advance six players to state tourney

Posted: October 20, 2008

Tess Severin is the future of Edwardsville High girls tennis, which was prominently on display at the Tigers' Sectional the past weekend. [more...]

EHS spikers stop ‘Birds

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Alton Redbirds are in the midst of their best season in school history and playing well, but on Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium the Redbirds got their first taste of the Edwardsville Tigers — and it wasn’t pretty. The Tigers breezed past Alton 2-0 to earn a share of the Southwestern Conference. EHS, now 22-6 and 6-0 in conference, could get the top prize in the SWC with a Tuesday victory over Belleville West. The Maroons are currently 5-1 in conference play. It’s the second consecutive season Edwardsville has been atop the SWC, winning it outright in ‘07.  [more...]

Lincoln eighth grade softball team finishes a 22-1 season

Posted: October 17, 2008

The Lincoln Wildcats’ eighth grade softball team capped off a 22-1 season with a third place finish in the Illinois Elementary School Association Class AA Softball Tournament. The team’s only loss came in the semi-final game of the tournament, which was held in Normal, Illinois, on September 26 and 27. The girls were recognized for their accomplishments at the October 14, 2008, Board of Education meeting at Woodland Elementary School.

Tigers set for conference meet

Posted: October 16, 2008

The victories continue to pile up for the Edwardsville boys cross country team. By placing first in the Centralia Invitational on Saturday, the Tigers won their sixth meet of the season and their second in a row.  [more...]

Fitterer's quick start aids Edwardsville

Posted: October 16, 2008

Kayla Fitterer came out hitting the volleyball, and it helped carry the Edwardsville Tigers to a two-game sweep of Civic Memorial Monday evening.  Fitterer had kills on each of the first five attempts, and finished with 12 for the match as Edwardsville (21-6) beat Civic Memorial 25-14, 25-17.  [more...]

Tiger boys state bound

Posted: October 16, 2008

The kid’s got ice in his veins. For the fourth time in his last five tournaments, and the second time in IHSA postseason play, Edwardsville’s Carson Baugher won a medal via winning a sudden death playoff.  [more...]

Osborn earns a trip to state

Posted: October 14, 2008

When Edwardsville’s Caitlin Osborn needed her best round of the season, she got it. Osborn, a junior, carded a 77 to advance to this weekend’s Class 2A Girls’ State Golf Tournament, finishing third overall as an individual in the toughest field of the season at the Mascoutah Sectional at Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course in Okawville on Monday. [more...]

Lancers' comeback hands Edwardsville another loss

Posted: October 14, 2008

Jason Bester and the Belleville East Lancers on Friday extended the second-half frustrations of the Edwardsville Tigers. Bester, a senior, scored on a 43-yard touchdown run with 11:44 to play in the fourth quarter to lift the Lancers to a come-from-behind 29-28 victory in a Southwestern Conference game.  [more...]

Tigers junior leads area state qualifiers

Posted: October 14, 2008

Edwardsville junior Caitlin Osborn's quest for a berth in the Class AA Girls State Golf Tournament is now a reality. Getting off to a solid start and avoiding any major mistakes all day, Osborn shot a 6-over 77 Monday to lead the way for metro-east area players at the Mascoutah Sectional at the tough Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course.   [more...]

Tigers nab second at the SWC tournament

Posted: October 14, 2008

The preconceived thought going into the 2008 Southwestern Conference girls tennis tournament was that Belleville West would be first, Edwardsville second and Belleville East third. And there were no surprises.  [more...]

Tiebreaker sends Tigers to sectional

Posted: October 10, 2008

Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf coach Tresa LaBoube predicted a tight race for the second and third advancing spots at Wednesday’s Class AA Salem Regional. Perhaps LaBoube should start predicting lottery numbers because she was right on the mark.  [more...]

Tiger girls prep for golf regional

Posted: October 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golfers hit the road today to begin their postseason journey in the tough Class AA Salem Regional.  [more...]

A clean sweep for Edwardsville

Posted: October 10, 2008

The city of Edwardsville brought home four titles Tuesday from the Madison County Meet as Edwardsville High won both the boys’ and girls’ large-school divisions and the Metro-East Lutheran captured both small school races.  [more...]

Edwardsville golfers roll to regional victory

Posted: October 6, 2008

Pressure continued to bring out the best in Edwardsville senior Carson Baugher on Tuesday at the Class 3A Alton Golf Regional.  Baugher rolled in a 7-foot par-saving putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to claim medalist honors and lead Edwardsville to the team title at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course.  [more...]

Maroons topple Tigers

Posted: October 6, 2008

Friday night’s Southwestern Conference showdown between the Edwardsville Tigers and Belleville West Maroons was the definition of a swing game. The winning team would move within one win of cementing a spot in the playoffs.  The loser, however, would have to scramble, likely needing two wins in its final three games to advance to the postseason.  [more...]

Baugher, Tigers win Gerber invite

Posted: October 6, 2008

Edwardsville Tigers boys’ golf coach Dene Schickedanz explained that one thing senior Carson Baugher needed to do to become a more consistent, upper-echelon player was to putt better.  [more...]

Soccer Tigers secure SWC title

Posted: October 6, 2008

Sam Fink could have had several goals Saturday afternoon against the Belleville West Maroons. But one was all that was needed as Fink scored 21 minutes into the game and the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team made the 1-0 lead stick, clinching the program’s sixth Southwestern Conference title in the past nine years in what was essentially a league championship game at the District 7 Sports Complex.  [more...]

EHS makes quick work of Kahoks

Posted: October 6, 2008

The constant bantering and enthusiasm on the court by the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ volleyball team is well warranted, seeing that they are perched atop the Southwestern Conference field with a 3-0 conference record and a 16-3 record overall.  [more...]

EHS gets set for Homecoming events

Posted: October 6, 2008

Although homecoming is over a week away at Edwardsville High School (EHS), Homecoming activities have already begun. EHS students who are members of local bands have been competing during lunch periods for a chance to play during the homecoming dance on Oct. 11.  [more...]

Edwardsville just one stroke short

Posted: October 3, 2008

Edwardsville had its senior class earn medals at the Southwestern Conference championship tournament on Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River.  [more...]

Kahoks edge Tigers at SWC tourney

Posted: October 3, 2008

On the verge of the shotgun start at the 2008 Southwestern Conference Boys’ Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River, Collinsville Kahoks coach Garry Henson didn’t fathom any players shooting under a 76 with the gusting, swirling winds engulfing the course.  [more...]

Belleville East ends Tiger girls’ run

Posted: October 3, 2008

Dismal weather conditions weren’t going to put a damper on the 2008 Southwestern Conference Girls’ Golf Tournament Monday at The Legacy Golf Course in Granite City.  [more...]

Tigers turn in key effort

Posted: October 3, 2008

When the Edwardsville Tigers look back on Friday night’s 30-12 victory over the O’Fallon Panthers, it could be seen as the make or break win of the season.  [more...]

EHS netters finish off SWC slate with win

Posted: October 3, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger tennis team kickstarted a hectic week with an 8-1 victory Tuesday against the O’Fallon Panthers at the EHS Tennis Center.   [more...]

EHS booters back on track

Posted: September 26, 2008

Coming off a disappointing loss to Collinsville, the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team was playing with a chip on its shoulder Saturday afternoon.  [more...]

EHS tennis nabs third at Duals

Posted: September 26, 2008

The vastly inexperienced Edwardsville Tigers kept their eye on the prize Friday and Saturday and came away with a third place finish in the 2008 Southern Illinois Duals. [more...]

Edwardsville soccer team loses to Collinsville

Posted: September 26, 2008

An aspect to their game that has been anything but problematic for the Edwardsville Tigers surprisingly made an appearance Thursday night in a crucial Southwestern Conference match.  [more...]

Collinsville topples EHS

Posted: September 26, 2008

On Thursday, the Tigers dominated the run of play against Southwestern Conference rival Collinsville, sending chance after chance into the Kahok goal box. But nothing would go in.  [more...]

Hockey Tigers cruise past Longhorns

Posted: September 26, 2008

A winning trend continued for the Edwardsville Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex with a 9-0 shellacking of the Parkway West Longhorns. [more...]

Harriers pick up sweep

Posted: September 25, 2008

A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong, went wrong.” [more...]

Kahoks snap streak

Posted: September 25, 2008

A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong, went wrong.” [more...]

EHS serves past Kahoks

Posted: September 25, 2008

A young and inexperienced Edwardsville Tiger girls’ tennis team has taken a few lumps this season. But the key, according to Tiger coach David Lipe, is that whether through a win or a loss, his team has continued to get better as the season as progressed. [more...]

Tigers start conference season with victory

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers began their Southwestern Conference season on a high note Thursday. The Tigers cruised to a 25-10, 25-10 road victory over the Granite City Warriors in a match that lasted just 40 minutes.  [more...]

Tiger runners sweep own invite

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls cross country teams both snatched first place on Saturday in the 43rd annual Edwardsville Invitational at the SIUE Course.  [more...]

Tigers extend streak

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ golf team extended its dual match winning streak to 60 on Monday, topping Belleville Althoff and Mascoutah at Oak Brook Golf Club. Edwardsville, which improved to 11-0 on the season, finished at 156, easily outdistancing the Crusaders (164) and the Indians (174).  [more...]

Winter Sport Try-out dates

Posted: October 10, 2006
Try-outs dates for Winter sports are as follows:
Boys Bowling        10/23/06
Girls Bowling         11/06/06
Wrestling             11/06/06
G.Basketball         10/30/06
B.Basketball         11/06/06
Please watch announcements for dates of meetings of students interested in trying out for these sports.

Edwardsville cashes in with win over Maroons

Posted: September 11, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Edwardsville Tiger boys' golf coach Dene Schickedanz wants his players to take a more cerebral approach to playing golf -- to not focus on scores but rather the process of getting the ball in the hole... [Full Story]

Tigers sweep through matches

Posted: September 7, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville Tiger boys' golf coach Dene Schickedanz wants his players to take a more cerebral approach to playing golf -- to not focus on scores but rather the process of getting the ball in the hole... [Full Story]

Edwardsville sets the bar high again

Posted: September 7, 2006 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Edwardsville girls golf team has been on a three-year fun run. They placed third at the Illinois state tournament in 2003, won the whole shebang in 2004 and settled for sixth last year... [Full Story]

EHS Athletics Closes Out Phenomenal Year

Posted: June 30, 2006 from Connections Newsletter
With Edwardsville High School softball team reaching the super-sectional for the first time in school history, EHS finished out what could be best described as a banner year in athletics ....[Full Story]

Tigers roar to success in all seasons

Posted: June 28, 2006 by The Edwardsville Journal
A couple of years ago, Edwardsville High School athletics enjoyed an incredible year as the Tigers sent three teams to the state championship game....[Full Story]

Our lights are always on

Posted: June 22, 2006 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Every year, a common thread seems to bind the winners of the Post-Dispatch high school sports programs of the year. THis year's honorees, Edwardsville for large schools and Columbia for small schools, fit the familiar mold....[Full Story]

Better late than never

Posted: May 30, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
It was no secret that Edwardsville Tiger senior Michael Riegert had a good arm. Just watching him throw out runners from right field told that story.  However, there's a big leap from firing pills from the outfield and taking to the mound in the postseason....[Full Story]

A diamond in the rough

Posted: May 29, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Apparently, Sydney Greenwalt likes the heat. The Tiger junior posted her 20th win of the season in near-perfect fashion as she and the Edwardsville Tigers (34-3) claimed the Class AA Edwardsville Regional title on Saturday with a 5-0 win over Mattoon...[Full Story]

EHS hammers Warriors

Posted: May 29, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
It was a scorching hot day at the Class AA Collinsville Regional Saturday.  And the Edwardsville Tiger did little to cool it off.  The Tigers exploded for eight runs in the second inning, getting RBIs from eight different hitters in the frame, to cruise to a 13-1 five-inning victory over the Granite City Warriors in the regional title game....[Full Story]

Tigers off running

Posted: May 25, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
With only three players with any significant postseason experience on their resume, the Edwardsville Tigers were anxious to get the ball rolling on the 2006 playoff season -- if for nothing else than to get rid of the butterflies....[Full Story]

EHS shuts down Quincy

Posted: May 24, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Sophomore Kaylee Neutzling scored the game-winner just 57 seconds into the contest Tuesday night in the Class AA Chatham Sectional at Glenwood High School as the third-seeded Tigers (11-6-4) knocked off second-seeded Quincy 3-0 to advance to Thursday night's sectional title game against top-seeded and host Glenwood....[Full Story]

Tigers edge past Eagles

Posted: May 24, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
If cats have nine lives, than the Edwardsville Tigers used one up Tuesday night in the postseason opener of the Edwardsville Regional.  The Tigers came from behind to edge the Bethalto-Civic Memorial Eagles, 3-2, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game before plating the game-winning run in the eighth to keep their season alive. ....[Full Story]

EHS sprinters bring home the gold

Posted: May 23, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Never underestimate how far a state championship on Saturday afternoon can go to quell a disappointment on Friday night. Just ask the four members of the Edwardsville High School 1,600-meter relay team -- that's state champion relay team to you...[Full Story]

EHS softball ready for more

Posted: May 23, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
After setting a school record with 32 wins, wining the Southwestern Conference and claiming the top-seed in the Chatham Glenwood Sectional, the Edwardsville Tigers softball team is ready for more...[Full Story]

Tigers earn share of SWC crown

Posted: May 17, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team nearly let a Southwestern Conference championship slip from its grasp after one of its most disappointing three-day stretches in two decades last week.  But the Tigers righted the ship Tuesday, holding off Belleville East, 10-8 in Belleville to earn a share of the conference crown... [Full Story]

EHS earns share of SWC

Posted: May 15, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
As expected, the battle for the Southwestern Conference tournament title came down to the wire in Saturday's singles action at the EHS Tennis Center. [Full Story]

Edwardsville girls relish conference title

Posted: May 8, 2006
The Edwardsville girls track team did something Thursday that nobody had ever done to East St. Louis. [Press Release]

Edwardsville on the verge of another title

Posted: May 3, 2006 The Alton Telegraph
Entering the spring, Edwardsville had won SWC titles in seven of 12 sports. But a front-running position for Tigers softball, which beat Collinsville 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon stay atop the league standings, is an unfamiliar role for a program that has never won an SWC championship....[Full Story]

Tigers duel at Duals

Posted: May 1, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville High School tennis coach Dave Lipe guessed that his two-day Tiger Duals Tournament would not beat Mother Nature's weather plans for Saturday.  And he guessed right...[Full Story]

E'ville blanks Althoff

Posted: April 27, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Lauren Francis is making a habit of this. The Edwardsville High freshman right-hander tossed her second no-hitter in less than a week Wednesday, shutting down the Belleville Althoff Crusaders in a 7-0 Tiger victory at the EHS Sports Complex...[Full Story]

Edwardsville owns slight edge in chase for SWC title

Posted: April 25, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Southwestern Conference baseball teams begin their second tour through the league today with little clarity as to who will be crowned champion.  Edwardsville (14-3) is currently in first place with a 6-1 record, followed by Belleville West (10-3, 4-1), O'Fallon (17-3, 5-2), Belleville East (13-4, 3-2) and Alton (10-10, 3-3)...[Full Story]

An Olympic-sized dream

Posted: April 25, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville senior Katya Hessel is a soccer player in high demand these days.  Hessel is splitting time between the front line of the Tiger soccer team and the front line of the Olympic Development Program Regional team. She just recently got back in the United States from her sojourn to Costa Rica...[Full Story]

Senior leading charge for EHS

Posted: April 15, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Alyssa Bussman is in the minority.  She's just one of two seniors on the roster of Lori Blade's Edwardsville High School softball team...[Full Story]

Tennis Tigers oust Panthers

Posted: April 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
There's nothing quite like a convincing conference win to bounce back after a loss.  After a heartbreaking 5-4 loss on Tuesday to Clayton, the Edwardsville Tiger tennis team returned home on Wednesday, and vented its frustration on the O'Fallon Panthers. Edwardsville won eight of nine matches....[Full Story]

Edwardsville wins pitchers' duel against Kahoks

Posted: April 5, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Using her left hand as an artist's brush, Edwardsville sophomore Sydney Greenwalt kept painting the outside corner to perfection Tuesday in a 2-0 Southwestern Conference softball win over Collinsville....[Full Story]

Edwardsville tops Collinsville to stay unbeaten

Posted: April 5, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
The Todd Baumgartner hit parade continued Tuesday at the Edwardsville Sports Complex.  One of the top offensive players in the St. Louis area, Baumgartner broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the fifth inning to lead Edwardsville to a 5-2 win over Collinsville in a Southwestern Conference baseball game...[Full Story]

Tiger bats catch fire in Granite

Posted: March 31, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
As the weather warmed up Thursday, so did the Edwardsville Tiger baseball teams' bats.  The Tigers pounded out 12 hits against a solid Granite City Warrior pitching staff in an 8-4 Southwestern Conference victory in Granite City...[Full Story]

Freshman hurls EHS past Midgets

Posted: March 30, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Lauren Francis didn't look nervous or apprehensive.  Instead she was in total control.  Francis, a freshman right-handed pitcher on the Edwardsville Tiger softball team, was one-hit away from tossing at the EHS Sports Complex Wednesday as the Tigers shut down the Freeburg Midgets, 4-0....[Full Story]

E'ville gets its revenge

Posted: March 30, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
According to the calendar and bitter cold temperatures, it's only March, but the play on the field gave evidence of two teams already in midseason form....[Full Story]

EHS girls nab title at Relays

Posted: March 27, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
At least after the first event of the high school track season, the Edwardsville High School girls appear as good as advertised.  The Tigers racked up 113 points in Saturday's Southwestern Illinois Relays on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to capture the team title -- some 36 points better than runner-up Belleville East...[Full Story]

EHS opens with win over Chatham

Posted: March 25, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Sullivan, Kyro limit Titans to two hits in opening win over Glenwood.  It may have been football weather outside Friday night, but the Edwardsville Tigers and Chatham Glenwood Titans didn't seem to notice... [Full Story]

Edwardsville coach has visions of playoffs

Posted: March 22, 2006 by The Belleville News Democrat
While their string of nine straight 30-win seasons came to an end last spring, the Edwardsville Tigers baseball team still resides with the area's elite programs. [Full Story]

Marshall poses big threat to EHS

Posted: March 17, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Now that the glitz and glamour of a super-sectional championship has faded and the plaque is displayed safely and proudly in the commons area of Edwardsville High School, the Tigers have been hard at work to find a way to beat Chicago Marshall (30-2), the state's fourth-ranked team....[Full Story]

Oh so sweet! Tigers state-bound

Posted: March 15, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It's what every team in the state dreams of when they lace 'em up for the first time back in November -- a chance to play at state....[Full Story]

Tigers set school record with eighth sectional title

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
The greatest season of Tigers basketball comes in what can already be considered among the greatest sports years in Edwardsville history...[Full Story]

Stewart, Maguire earn AP Class AA All-State honors

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
In 1956, Edwardsville's Mannie Jackson and Govoner Vaughn were both accorded All-State honors after leading the Tigers to a second-place finish in the state tournament...[Page 1] [Page 2]

Surprising East side looks to end Tigers' dream season in Carbondale Super-Sectional

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Like most high school basketball players who began their season in November, Mark Schaefer concedes the state tournament was a dream well before that first practice four months ago...[Page 1] [Page 2]

Edwardsville claims sectional title

Posted: March 11, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The goal to stop Tiger senior forward Dustin Maguire only works when junior guard Joe Allaria doesn't score 14 first half points. Allaria scored a game-high 19 as the Edwardsville Tigers rolled to 58-39 win over the Quincy Blue Devils on Friday night in the title game of the Springfield Sectional...[Full Story]

Semifinal victory already in the past

Posted: March 9, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
For 11 Edwardsville seniors, this is as good as it gets.  With an impressive 72-46 win Tuesday night over Mount Zion in the semifinal round of the IHSA Class AA Springfield Sectional, the high-flying Tigers are 28-0 and will meet the Quincy Blue Devils on Friday night at the Springfield Prairie Capitol Convention Center for the sectional crown...[Full Story]

Edwardsville cheerleaders shine

Posted: March 8, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It's been a great year for cheerleaders from Edwardsville.  The Lincoln Middle School squad danced, tumbled and cheered its way to first place in two regional competitions in January... [Full Story]

E'ville skaters win title

Posted: March 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Fittingly enough, that on the last night of the Mississippi Valley Hockey Club Association season, it was the Edwardsville seniors that ruled the ice....[Full Story]

Tigers stake claim to regional title

Posted: March 4, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Each member of the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team climbed the ladder, cutting off their own section of the net at Lucco-Jackson Gym as a keepsake, something to remember a special moment.... [Full Story]

Tigers upset Alton, wins North title

Posted: February 28, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It isn't 1980 and it wasn't Lake Placid. But the Edwardsville Tigers' 5-3 victory over the top-seeded Alton Redbirds in the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association's North Division Finals was a miracle in it's own right. "This is awesome," said EHS goalie Justin Favier. "Our team played great. We wouldn't quit. This was all heart, that's all it was. We knew we could beat this team, so we had to go out and give it everything we had. And that's what we did." [Full Story]

Edwardsville takes 4th at State

Posted: February 26, 2006 by The Belleville News Democrat
The trip was worth it Saturday for the Edwardsville Tigers.  The grappling Tigers dominated in the upper weight classes to defeat Rockton Hononegah 33-25 on their way to a fourth place finish at the Class AA Dual Team State Wrestling Tournament... [Full Story]

Edwardsville caps perfect season by winning final game at West Gym

Posted: February 25, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
When Edwardsville needed its biggest basket of the game Friday night at the West Gym, the Tigers turned to Dustin Maguire.  And the 6-foot-6 senior didn't disappoint them.... [Full Story]

Tigers' win gives them first back-to-back league titles

Posted: February 25, 2006 by The St. Louis Post Dispatch
The last basketball game in the long history of Alton's West Elementary Gymnasium ended the same way the first game did back on Jan. 12, 1952... [Full Story]

It's been a long time coming for EHS

Posted: February 23, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Finally, the Edwardsville Tigers will be on the mats on the last day of the wrestling season.  On the heels of an impressive 42-18 repeat performance win over Granite City in the finals of the Class AA Granite City Sectional on Tuesday... [Full Story]

Tigers still sixth in AP Class AA poll

Posted: February 23, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tigers are the only unbeaten left in the Associated Press Class AA boys state basketball poll... [Full Story]

State Bound

Posted: February 22, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
With victories Tuesday over Mascoutah and Granite City, the undefeated Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team secured a berth in this weekend's state tournament in Dekalb.

EHS swimmers qualify for State

Posted: February 20, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
Five area high school boys competed at the Quincy Sectional Swim and Dive Meet Saturday and four earned a spot in this weekend's IHSA State Meet....[Full Story]

Head North, young man

Posted: February 13, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
It's been just over a year since E.J. Jones left his family, including his mother and a 3-year-old brother he adores, in Springfield, Ohio, to live with his father in Edwardsville... [Page 1] [Page 2] [Page 3] [Picture]

Net Gain

Posted: January 31, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Dave Lipe can expound on skills and work ethic that help make Edwardsville junior Alicia Cullen the 2005 Telegraph Prep Girls Tennis Player of the Year...  [Full Story]

Tigers No.8 in State Poll

Posted: February 8, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Having one of the best players in the state shooting 2-for-20 from the field hardly would seem to be a recipe for an upset.  But Chicago Crane guard...  [Full Story]

Edwardsville replaces Vashon at top spot

Posted: February 7, 2006 by The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Just in case you thought there might be something fluky about the 19-0 start by Edwardsville, consider this: Sixteen of Edwardsville's victories have been by 10 or more points, and nine have been by a margin of 20 or better.  Only three of the Tiger's victories have come by fewer than 10 points...  [Full Story]

Tiger girls roll to sectional win

Posted: February 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tiger girls bowling team earned its second straight trip to the state tournament, capturing the Alton Sectional Saturday afternoon at Riverboat Lanes in Alton...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones, Zach Palme sign to play college football

Posted: February 2, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
E.J. Jones electrified fans and teammates alike this season on the Edwardsville High gridiron.  Now, he hopes to do the same for the University of Minnesota faithful... [Full Story]

Two Tigers Get Top Nomination

Posted: January 24, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The accolades have piled up already for members of the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team.   Now two more possibilities exsist for a pair of Tiger starters.  Seniors Spencer Stewart and Dustin Maguire have both been nominated for the 2006 McDonald's All American Team, one of the highest honors for a high school basketball player.  [Full Story]

Good for Third

Posted: January 25, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Any other year, and Edwardsville sophomore Chris Brant would have been a state champion.  At the Class AA state golf tournament in Bloomington in October, Brant shot a one-under par 143, food for a tie for third place.  The thing of it is, his score was the third best ever by a Class AA golfer in the state tournament...  [Full Story]

Eye of the Tiger

Posted: January 24, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Edwardsville High’s volleyball opponents can at least partially blame a sophomore at Bradley University for their troubles against the 29-9 Tigers this past season. For it was with the Braves’ Jenna Harrison that the Tigers’ Emily Harrison spent so much time working out in the off-season in preparation for 2005...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones weighs his options

Posted: January 19, 2006 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This was a busy week for Edwardsville's E.J. Jones.  As one of the area's top uncommitted seniors, Jones has been trying to get a handle on where he will be going to school and playing football next year...  [Full Story]

Tigers take sixth in Class AA poll

Posted: January 18, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Chicago Marshall continues to get the attention of the Chicago Public League and voters in the Associated Press Class AA boys basketball poll...  [Full Story]

Tigers take tourney title

Posted: December 31, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
With a partisan Teutopolis crowd sensing an upset in the championship game of the Charleston Tournament, the Edwardsville Tigers turned to an old friend in the four-corners offense...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones is a master of all trades

Posted: December 23, 2005 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
E.J. Jones did not exactly hit the ground running in his first game at Edwardsville High.  The senior, who had been an all-league quarterback in Ohio, was starting at tailback when Edwardsville opened this past season against Springfield Southeast.   [Full Story]

Fundamentals, balance keep Edwardsville on winning track

Posted: December 23, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Fundamentals have always been important to Edwardsville basketball coach Mike Waldo.  Especially on the defensive end of the floor... [Full Story]

Tigers junior wins honor despite injury

Posted: December 20, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
On a chilly early November morning, Edwardsville junior Jamie Kantner limped over the finish at the Class AA Sectional Cross Country Meet...  [Full Story]

EHS wins battle of unbeatens

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
If you weren't there, you simply missed out. But what a paid attendance of more than 800 people did see on Thursday night at Edwardsville High School's Gym A...  [Full Story]

LMS cheerleaders capture top honors

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Liberty Middle School Cheerleading Team placed first in two divisions at the IESA State Cheerleading Championships Dec. 10... [Full Story]

Tigers Cruise

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
There's a new sheriff in town.  The Edwardsville High wrestling team took over the position as top dog in the Southwestern Conference with a convincing 44-18 win over perennial power Granite City...  [Full Story]

Tigers shake off Warriors for win

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
About an hour before its Southwestern Conference match with Granite City, Edwardsville heavyweight Sean Bahmani found our he would be leading off, instead of being his customary last-match slot.  [Full Story]

Fall Sports wrap up at Liberty & Lincoln

Posted: December 14, 2005 by John Dean and Dennis Cramsey
As we prepare for the holiday season and wrap up first semester we have come to the end of another successful fall athletic season at the middle level... [Full Story]

The Road to the Big Dance

Posted: December 14, 2005 by Rich Kantner
In sports, "The Big Dance" refers to the championship game of a season ending tournament.  Well the Liberty 7th Grade Girls Basketball team danced all the way to the Championship game of the IESA State Basketball Tournament... [Full Story]

Edwardsville has top cross country runner

Posted: December 14, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
After three injury-filled seasons, Edwardsville senior Dustin Davis finally got to show what kind of cross country runner he could be in 2005.  [Full Story]

Making History

Posted: December 13, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Liberty Girl's Basketball team finishes second in the Illinois Elementary School Association Class AA State tournament... [Full Update]

Change of Game Site for Liberty Girl's Basketball IESA State Championship game

Posted: December 9, 2005
The Liberty Girl's Basketball team will be competing in the IESA State Championship 7AA Girls Basketball game in Normal, IL on Saturday, December 10, 2005... [Full Update]

Liberty 7th Grade Girl's Basketball going to IESA 7AA State Championship game

Posted: December 7, 2005
The Liberty Lady Panthers continued their winning ways on Tuesday evening by defeating Country Club Hills Southwood, 40-35, in overtime.  This victory sends the Lady Panthers to Riverton High School in Riverton, Illinois.  A student fan bus is planned for Thursday, December 8.  Parental permission slips must be returned by Wednesday, December 7.  Limited seating on the bus may occur.  The cost for student admission is $2.00.

Update on Liberty 7th Grade Girl's Basketball

Posted: December 6, 2005
On Monday, December 5, the Lady Panthers continued there quest for a state championship by defeating Shorewood Troy in overtime, 35-32 in Riverton.   [Full Story]

Liberty Middle School Cheerleaders

Posted: December 6, 2005
As of December 2005, Liberty Cheerleaders have successfully completed a Liberty Attire Program where shirts, sweatshirts, golf shirts, and window decals were sold to students, faculty, and parents.  [Full Story]

Congratulations Liberty Middle School 7th Grade Girl's Basketball

Posted: December 5, 2005
The Liberty Middle School 7th grade girl's basketball team recently won an IESA 7AA Regional Girls Basketball Championship by defeating Cahokia Wirth 44-24 at Liberty Middle School.   [Full Story] [Team Picture]

Another All-State honor for Edwardsville's Jones

Posted: December 5, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
Edwardsville senior E.J. Jones has been named first team All-State as a defensive back by the Chicago Tribune.  [Full Story]

Excitement builds for E'ville hoops

Posted: December 2, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The preseason excitement level surrounding the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team is at an all-time high - for good reason.  [Full Story]

EHS girls hand coach 300th win

Posted: December 2, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Kara Frandsen poured in 21 points to help lead the Edwardsville Tiger girls' basketball team past Southwestern Conference rival Collinsville, 43-48 Thursday night, and in the process helped secure head coach Lori Blade's 300th career coaching victory.  [Full Story]

EHS matmen primed for big season

Posted: December 1, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
On paper, the Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team could be in line for one of its best seasons ever.  [Full Story]

Role Reversal: Tigers primed to take down Granite City as SWC kingpin

Posted: December 1, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
They have yet to drop sweat on a mat outside the confines of a wrestling room tucked away off the balcony in Gym A, but Edwardsville is garnering status normally assigned to Granite City.  [Full Story]